Australian man gored on second day of the running of the bulls in Pamplona

The infamously lethal running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, ended with four more people hospitalised on just the second day of eight.

A bull leaps over runners after the first running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona (Pic: Reuters)

A 24-year-old Australian was among those injured after reportedly taunting one of the 550kg beasts. Reports claim the man slipped while trying to run away allowing the bull to pin him to the ground and skewer his leg, hitting a vein.

Local authorities have announced though that the unnamed victim’s life is ‘not in dangerâ.

Three other men were also admitted to Navarra hospital on the second day of the festival for injuries to the face and back after being trampled or fallingÂ â one man, for example, had almost the entire pack tread all over him.

Generally the course went pretty well on the second day as the 12 bulls managed to stick together, but the one who attacked the Australian runner had strayed off course.

Traditionally at the end of the runs the bulls trot into the ring and the runners are supposed to retreat away into the crowds to allow trained handlers guide them in, but the 24-year-old allegedly approached the animals and started waving his arms, which is what triggered the bull to charge.

This Saturday and Sunday will see the biggest and most dangerous runs as âprofessionalsâ from around the world take on the challenge â which two years ago saw the death of a man â with four more runs to go after that.